EcoTherm is the business for new Corby Academy
A ground-breaking £30 million secondary school in Corby enjoys the highest standards of thermal insulation with EcoTherm rigid roof boards. The new Corby Business Academy is a centrepiece of the Priors Hall urban development – a sustainable expansion of Corby town. Around 6,000 square metres of EcoTherm GlassTherm rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) tapered board has been integrated into the roof constructions.
The roof scheme, designed and supplied by tapered insulation design specialists Building Innovation Limited of Southam, Warwickshire, who worked closely with Cambridgeshire contractor M.A.R.S (Construction) Limited and EcoTherm to provide the solution. The result met the design criteria of a fall of 1 in 60 with stringent thermal requirements that demanded the minimum thickness of insulation to achieve a thermal value of 0.25W/mK.
EcoTherm’s PIR rigid thermal insulation boards provided the ideal combination of exceptional insulating properties (lambda value of 0.027) – the thinnest insulation depth to meet the requirements of UK Building Regulations – with high strength (exceeding 140 kPa) and light weight to achieve an average U value of 0.18W/mK at Corby Academy.
The roof was then waterproofed using Polisystem’s Fortune FG TNT, a UV ray-stabilised TPO waterproofing membrane that is reinforced with glass fibre and laminated to TNT polypropylene film. It is fully adhered to the GlassTherm boards. The Polisystem single ply TPO provides a high level of waterproofing in a durable product that matches the exceptional service life of the GlassTherm boards.
Designed by Foster + Partners, the 1,250-pupil academy is organised around five double-height study spaces, and its compact arrangement produces a highly energy-efficient building. In addition to Corby Business Academy, the Priors Hall regeneration project will see 5,100 high quality homes being built, as well a comprehensive range of public facilities including health care centres, three primary schools and 200 hectares of parkland with a network of cycle and pedestrian paths.
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